Field Engineer/Team Leader, Somalia
Danish Refugee, Somaliland
Total years of experience :8 years, 6 Months
• Design architectural and structural drawings, as well as create BOQ's, material specifications lists, and other technical documentation relating to infrastructure and construction programming, including government office buildings, bridges, roads, schools, dump sites.
• Manage grant finances for all grants being implemented by DAI in Sahil, Awdal, Maroodi Jeex regions of Somaliland and ensure that all grantee expenditures comply with the final and approved budgets.
• Train contractors on tendering process using the community contracting mechanism, where the community, government and beneficiaries all participate in this process.
• Oversaw the recruitment process of 20 site supervisors, as well as trained and supervised site supervisor during the construction.
• Conduct regular quality control of all construction projects according to USAID technical specifications.
• Ensure stakeholder's requirements are incorporated and met in the project to be implemented
• Designed and created BOQs and design for 20 construction and infrastructure grants
• Coordinated over 40 tendering process using the community contracting processes
• Managed over 20 contractors and 20 site supervisors, transferring skills and knowledge
• Developed all technical documentation for construction grants for a start-up DAI office in Adado, South Central Somalia,
• Participated in 2 Planning Sessions for TIS DAI Programming in Somaliland and Puntland, providing my technical expertise to stakeholders on the feasibility and budgetary needs of construction/ infrastructure projects
POSITION DUTIES ACHIEVEMENTS
Field Engineer/Team Leader, Somalia - Danish Refugee, Somaliland
August 2009 To August 2011
• Conducted assessment for effective planning and implementation
• Participated in preparation of tender and contact documentation projects including drawing, BOQ and Request for Quotation etc.
• Prepared designs and BOQ's for all required constructions, consisting of office buildings, water reservoirs, water canals, shallow wells, market shelters, bridges, roads, schools etc.
• Trained contractors on tendering process, some in remote villages
• Supervised and directed the work of construction projects.
• Conducted regular quality control of all construction projects according to DRC technical specifications.
• Inspected the site and prepared feasibility report
• Identified gaps and bottlenecks that can obstruct proper implementation of the activities
• Ensured that the construction work is completed in good time and that set budget is adhere to compile construction progressive reports
• Developed BOQs and design for over 50 construction project including community centres, water reservoirs, roads, shallow wells, canals, market shelters and charcoal coolers.
• Managed construction of 50 shallow wells, 5 water reservoirs, 4 community centres, 20km of water canal systems, 4 market shelters, 15 charcoal coolers and 17km of road feeders.
• Managed as a team leader over 15 contractors.
• Coordinated over 20 tendering process
• Developed programme monitoring system.
• Addressed any challenges that arose during construction.
• Supervised 10 staff as the team leader
POSITION DUTIES ACHIEVEMENTS
Engineer - Amal J. Civil Engineering Contractors, Somaliland between December 2008 - May 2009
• Designed, planned and prepared bill of quantities (BOQs) for contraction projects mainly buildings.
• Conducted assessment of sites to determine whether the site is fit for urban plan of the city, working with the local authorities.
• Supervised, controlled and managed functional sites of the company's projects
• Conducted regular quality control of all construction projects
• Developed BoQs and designs for over 25 residential buildings and offices
• Supervised over 30 construction sites
• Managed all the labourers at the construction sites on daily basis.
POSITION DUTIES ACHIEVEMENTS
Engineer- Alcatel-Lucent, Lahore Pakistan Between January 2008 -November 2008
• Designing, planning and preparing of bill of quantities (BOQs) for telecommunication tower construction projects.
• Supervision of projects
• Conducted regular quality control of all construction projects
• Developed BoQs and design for over 40 telecommunication towers.
• Supervised 40 construction sites
• Managed 40 tower construction projects
POSITION DUTIES ACHIEVEMENTS
• Design of Multi-storey building project management by Primavera project planner ( 2007)
• Design of Sewerage system using computer software for a residential town ( Final Year Project, 2008)
ADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES
• Languages: English- fluent written and spoken; Somali- fluent written and spoken, Swahili: good written and fluent spoken and Urdu- average spoken
• Visual basic programming language
• Proficient in AutoCAD 2006 for professionals (2D and 3D)
Internship, Daryeel Construction Company, Somaliland between January 2005 - January 2007
• Designing, planning and preparing of bill of quantities (BOQs)
• Supervision of projects
• Conducted regular quality control of all construction projects
• Developed BoQs for 3 buildings
• Supervised 3 construction sites
• Managed all the labourers at the construction sites on daily basis.
Civil Engineering Projects
• Design of Multi-story building by using ETABS (structural analysis and design program) (2007)
• STAAD PRO 2003
• SAP 2000
• Primavera project planner
• Computer Proficiency: Experienced user of Microsoft office including excel, word and power point. Keen user of Internet and outlook express.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology (Lahore Pakistan 2008) ;
Diploma in Autocad 2007, Pakistan Engineering Congress Diploma in SAAP2000 (structural analysis program), Pakistan Engineering Congress Diploma in Staadpro 2003 (structural analysis program), Pakistan Engineering Congress